A 47-year-old man federal prosecutors describe as a United Kingdom citizen has been convicted of participating in a conspiracy to defraud computer maker Hewlett-Packard of some $14 million by fraudulently purchasing computers and equipment at a discount.

A former elementary school secretary says his First Amendment rights were violated when he was “unfairly fired” after a racist Facebook post about President Obama was brought to the school principal’s attention by an African-American Pennsylvania man angered by Gonzalez’ online caption.

Revelations surrounding David Petraeus’ affair have prompted the tin foil hat crowd on the right to find all sorts of conspiracies about why the news that CIA Director David Petraeus was having an affair with his biographer was released after the election.

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted an alleged hit man for a Mexican drug cartel on racketeering, conspiracy and weapons charges, about two years after a jury at his earlier trial deadlocked on similar counts.